THEY SAID IT

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"I've been playing 17 years, and that was the worst condition I've ever played in. Excuse? No excuse. It was, but they handled it better than we did. We have historically handled it well. It's kind of our ace in the hole, but today, obviously, it wasn't."

* BRETT FAVRE [ Packers quarterback ]

"It was difficult just to catch it back there, but that being said, I knew it was going to be like that in the warm-up. I just have to make better adjustments to that."

JON RYAN [ Packers punter ]

"It'll get better as I get older. Give me 20, 25 years, I'll score on that play. I'll shake three people. I'll stiff-arm Donald Driver. Oh, yeah, it'll get better as the years go on."